US Workers Poised to Get Protections From Heat Stress for the First Time
- President jabs at Republicans he says will undo climate laws
- Labor Department proposal to mandate access to breaks, water
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President Joe Biden touted measures to better protect communities from extreme weather, including plans to impose the first-ever federal standards to shield US workers from heat stress.
“Ignoring climate change is deadly and dangerous and irresponsible,” Biden said Tuesday following a briefing on extreme weather at the DC Emergency Operations Center. “These climate-fueled extreme weather events don’t just affect people’s lives. They also cost money, they hurt the economy.”